A lecture by Mabel Moraña
The Department of Romance Studies
Is pleased to announce a Lecture by
Mabel Moraña
El mercado de la violencia en América Latina
Mabel Moraña is the William H. Gass Professor of Arts and Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis.
Professor Moraña is known worldwide for her original re-readings of canonical texts of Latin American literature—from the colonial period through the 21st century—and for her groundbreaking contributions to the development of postcolonial perspectives on Latin America. She is the author of Políticas de la escritura en América Latina (Caracas, 1997), Viaje al silencio. Exploraciones del discurso barroco (México, 1998), and Crítica impura (Madrid, 2004). She has edited and co-edited a number of essay collections, including Carlos Monsiváis ante la critica (México, 2007) and Coloniality at Large. Latin America and the Postcolonial Debate (United States 2008). Her current book project analyzes the language of violence in Latin America.
When: Friday, October 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Where: College of Arts and Sciences, Room 211 (second floor)
Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue
(Public transportation: the nearest “T” stop is “BU Central” on Green Line “B”)
Sponsored by the James Geddes, Jr., Lecture Series